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12. You know who else is still in New York though? The Jews!!!!

Reply to secondwind (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 06:30 AM

Apr 2012

Do you know what THEY do?! Oh, it's awful, THEY teach their children this and that and they'll do X, Y, and Z to you all fucking day long.

Do you read German? If not, I think you should learn, because I bet you'd fucking love the race-baiting cover-story of said Swiss magazine.

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Cover of Swiss Magazine Draws Accusations of Racism [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2012 OP

My dad got the whole "Beware of Roma, they're pickpockets." sakabatou Apr 2012 #1

Doesn't Roma culture glorify stealing from and ripping off non-Roma? Odin2005 Apr 2012 #2

Some do... Kelvin Mace Apr 2012 #3

That's like saying "doesn't white culture glorify genocide?" harmonicon Apr 2012 #8

That would be Naples Italy. Remmah2 Apr 2012 #31

I had quite an experience with the gypsy children in Rome many years ago. Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #4

If you see them coming (often with pieces of cardboard to shove under your nose so you do not see MADem Apr 2012 #5

I've had a couple of coworkers from Eastern Europe high density Apr 2012 #6

loads of Eastern Europeans have the exact same stories about gypsies - because they're made up. harmonicon Apr 2012 #11

Not "Italian children" but "gypsy children in Rome", huh? harmonicon Apr 2012 #9

Not ok for you to imply racism. Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #13

I think it's less ok to espouse racism than it is for me to point it out. harmonicon Apr 2012 #17

I was responding to someone whose father was travelling Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #20

How about this: "Watch out for thieves, if you're weird and paranoid like that." harmonicon Apr 2012 #21

I understand your point. Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #22

just want to make another point Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #23

to add to that... FreeBC Apr 2012 #32

The magazine created a complete illusion with its cover image: Judi Lynn Apr 2012 #30

I had a friend that lived in Germany that picked that up. Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #7

A friend was victim on the Paris metro several years ago. trof Apr 2012 #16

From my own personal experience with them, I can tell you secondwind Apr 2012 #10

You know who else is still in New York though? The Jews!!!! harmonicon Apr 2012 #12

self delete Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #14

Is this racism? Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #24

No, and I got that from all of three sentences. harmonicon Apr 2012 #28

I was speaking of the naming of Jews as the culprits. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #33

My personal experience is the same. FreeBC Apr 2012 #18

But saying that makes you a racist, apparently. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #19

Taking your bad experience with a couple of people from an ethnic group and deciding that is ... ieoeja Apr 2012 #26

It's a right-wing populist magazine so Roma-bashing shouldn't be a surprise pampango Apr 2012 #15

I have spent a good bit of time around Gypsies and been robbed exactly ... ieoeja Apr 2012 #25

you're correct and mea culpa Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #27

right-wing rag posts racist fear mongering cover fishwax Apr 2012 #29